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BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE Handout video grab image dated 27/09/17 courtesy of Connor Hepple, 17, who filmed an empty Number 3 Arriva Saphire single-decker bus rolling backwards down a road, mounting a kerb and hitting a tree before shunting forward and coming to a stop. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Thursday September 28, 2017. A car nearly collided with the wayward bus and can be heard sounding its horn in a video of the bizarre moment, which has been shared online. Luckily no one was hurt in the incident in Corporation Street, Tamworth, Staffordshire. Mr Hepple, a student, was waiting for the Number 3 bus to take him from Tamworth to Coton Green when the drama unfolded and he started filming. See PA story TRANSPORT Bus. Photo credit should read: Connor Hepple/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder. (Image: Connor Hepple/PA Wire)

Connor, who is studying A-levels at King Edward VI Sixth Form in Lichfield, added: "A lot of people I know are confused about why it moved how it did."

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Cora Woodhouse, director for Arriva Midlands said: "The safety of our passengers, staff and members of the public is always our highest priority and we have launched a thorough investigation as a matter of urgency into the circumstances surrounding this incident.

"Initial investigations show that there were no technical faults with the vehicle and we cannot comment further until this investigation has been completed."